The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-25
FARMERS INSTITUTE AT SALEM.

A large gathering met in the Method
list church, Salem, on Thursday morn.
ing, March II. The address of welcome
was by Rev. Mr.. Aplin, pastor of the
church, and was given in a very happy
manner. The response was made By
George M. Kellogg. of GAINESVILLE, one .ol
the Institute workers, who briefly sci
forth the value Of the work they are do.
ing. III. -.
Stephen Faville, noted dairyman oil
Walworth county, stated the objects 4ot
the Institute. He said the high prices
and large profits of war times and subse.
quent years had left us with somewhat
extravagant habits and ideas of living
We had reached now an era of low prices
and very small or almost no profits, with
o prospect that this state Of things will
continue for some years. There are two
courses we can pursue-we must. live
palmer and less extensively, or we must
increase our income. We find it hard to
quit wearing fine clothes, buying fine
carriages and furniture, and so we turn
to the other course and ask How can
we increase our incomes with the same
outlay Of labor and capital? The Insti-
tute comes to point out the way. The
dairyman who is feeding his cows hay
and grain is doing SO at cost Of seven
teen cents per cow per day, with the cost
of labor to be added. If the COW pro.
duces one pound of butter per day, net
ting the producer twenty-five cents per
h., lthe margin of profit is very small.
A prominent dairyman in Dunn county,
Wisconsin, by the use of the silo, is feed
ing his cows at an actual cost Of seven
cents per day. This leaves the dairy
man q very satisfactory; margin. Il What
has been done by Mr.. Austin can be
done by every other dairyman, Ehe
Institute comes TO give You the facts
how to build the silo how to grow the
to fill it; how to fill and how,to
feed it. .e a \. .,s,..~
An adjournment of one hour and "a
half was taken FOR dinner, which WAS
spread in the basement, parler Of. the
church. Il, j.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
There were considerable accessions to
the morning audience when the meeting
was called to order at 1870 P. M. j..
Mr.. Terry, of Ohio, read a papers;on
" What is Good FarmingY He spoke
about the money value Of barn manure
in producing good paying crops, and the
large waste by lack of proper care and
treatment of the manure pile. Another
waste was cited in allowing weeds to ,oc-
cupy the ground and reduce the crop.
Stagnant water which could be removed
by tile drains destroys the crops annually
on thousands of acres Of land, and; the
seed and labor expended was a total,
loss. Good tillage was urged as an effed.
tive way Of producing good crops.s He
gave an instance where thorough tiAage7
had increased the yield Of wheat ten
bushels per acre. This may be consid-f
cred an extreme case, but good tiflagel
can be depended on to increase-the yield
TWO to FIVE bushels per acre. A farmer
ought to keep more accurate accounts,
10 as to know what branches of farming
pay and what do not, and cut off some
Of those that do not pay. go
Mr.. Billingsley, editor of the Farm
Drainage Journal, spoke of the value of
lie undertaking in putting the soil into
hat correct mechanical condition neees,
AIRY to produce the best yield. We can
1ot control the falling of the rain, but
We can supply the means of carrying off
he excess Of moisture that proves iniu-
ious to the growing crops by tile drain
sge. John Johnston, grand old Scotch
nan, commenced fifty years ago: to I'M
lerdrain with tile near Geneva, N, "
lie sent to Scotland for the first, tile, he
lsed. Then sent for a hand machine
nd induced potter to manufacture tile |
0r him. On lands where he used toguow |
rom 10 to Is bushels per acre after
raining produced an average of forty
ushels. These lands bring now an am
ual rental of twenty-five dollars per acre.
or the great Geneva nurseries while
lmilar lands near rent for ten dollars perl
ere. he said many suppose the sole pur-
ose of undertaking is to dispose Of the
lrplus water, but after that is done the
lain object is to make the water in the
'L available to the growing crop. This
does by making the soil porous and
enetrable to the roots of the plants to a
luch greater depth, and on under
rained land the roots will always pene.
ate to the depth that stagnant water is
'moved and finds both water and plant
cd. The speaker gave practical In /.
ructions for ditehing and LAYING tile i,